OREANDA-NEWS. January 12, 2008. The number of mobile users in Uzbekistan exceeded 6 million as of 10 January 2008, Uzbek agency for communication and information (UzACI) said on January 11. Rapid development of mobile communication networks and strong growth of the number of mobile subscribers have been observed in the country in the past five years. If in November 2005 there were 1 million mobile users in Uzbekistan, in early 2007 their number reached 2.7 million.

During last year, the quantity of mobile subscribers increased by 3.1 million, comprising 5.8 million at the year end, UzACI press service said. To compare, during 2006 the growth of mobile users made up 1.5 million.

Currently, there are five mobile operators in Uzbekistan, including MTS-Uzbekistan (Uzdunrobita, GSM), Unitel (Beeline trade mark, GSM), COSCOM (GSM), Perfectum Mobile (Rubicon Wireless Communication, CDMA) and Uzbektelecom Mobile (Uzmobile trade mark, CDMA).